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Police are investigating the crime scene by a
school where a film crew making a horror film
has been murdered. But who's the killer? And
is the film crew really dead?
Man, this is one weird movie... This film is
structured like a playground for kids - there
is no logic or reasoning just a big mix of
outrageous ideas. It all doesn’t really work but it sure
is entertaining. What the film has going for it is its
sense of quirky, laid-back sense of
humour and likable characters.
Annoying thing about it though is how it
constantly jumps between plots. We start out
with police investigating the murders, then we
go back to the horror film production, and the
back once more to the murders the film is based
on - which turns out to be the movie being
made. Sounds confusing? It is. There are way
too many flashbacks, nightmares and scenes from
the movie-within-the-movie to keep track.
The film tries too hard to be original and the
confusing structure seems like an attempt to
overshadow the film's simple plot. The ending
alone has more than five twists and more than
one makes no sense whatsoever.
The cast makes up for ozone-sized plot loopholes.
It's fun to see a young George Clooney in an
early role as tacky actor even if he bites it
after two scenes. Alex Rocco steals the film as
a loud-mouthed, smarmy producer ("People are
going to hate the movie" the director complains,
with Rocco responding "Not if you give them
more tits and blood!" Also fun is Maureen
McCormick (from the original "The Brady Bunch")
as a horny, food-munching cop who should have
gotten more screen time.
Brendan Hughes (as a cop who investigated the
original murders and works as a technical
advisor on the film - think hunk version of
David Arquette in "Scream 3") and Lori Lethin
(as an actress playing three different roles)
makes a cute though stereotypical hero couple
even though their gratuitous love story feels
like an excuse for a sex scene. Lethin though
proves to be a decent actress after the
embarrassing "Bloody Birthday".
When it comes to gore and violence there is
almost less than none. Since the film has an
April Fool's Day-kind of twist most murders
appear off-screen and with exception for last
half-hour the film almost lacks any action at
all. There's plenty of fun dialogue but after
a while it wears out and the film fails
delivering the right stuff to please
its targeted audience.
More fake movie gore than "real" blood. Some
blood splatter and severed body parts but no
explicit murders with exception for a nasty
human-dissection scene where the killer removes
a victim's heart and stuffs it in his mouth.
Fun, campy score and some annoying 80s pop songs.
Weird, confusingly structured movie has quirky
sense of humour, likable characters, good cast
and fun dialogue but jumps too much between
plots and lacks gore and action.
Review By: Slicer-Dicer
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